Agricultural households, particularly those operating in rainfed systems in low income countries, are vul nerable to a variety of climate and market risks that pose serious threats to their well-being. While more resourced households are able to pass much of this risk o↵ to financial markets, less resourced households often have few options to do the same. Instead, they are forced to rely on precautionary savings (Lee and Sawada, 2010), drawing down assets (Carter and Lybbert, 2012), or informal risk sharing, all of which have limited ability to deal with shocks (Carter and Maluccio, 2003). Despite the demonstrated impact of tools like agricultural insurance (Cai, 2016; Bertram-Huemmer and Kraehnert, 2015; Hill et al., 2019), such products ...
Because of increased incidences of drought due to climate change, it is vital that both men and wome...
This study examines the determinants of smallholder farmers’ adoption of weather-index crop insuranc...
Agricultural production is subject to high risk associated with environmental and agro-ecological co...
The Kenyan economy relies heavily on its agricultural sector. Agriculture contributes 22.4 percent o...
Agricultural productivity in Africa remains low, which is exacerbated by increased incidence of weat...
We use a randomised experiment in Kenya to show that smallholder farmers respond to receiving a free...
In spite of agriculture being an important source of income growth and a potential source of investm...
Too often, smallholder farmers suffer severe financial consequences from extreme weather events, pes...
Initiatives on the sustainable intensification of agriculture have introduced improved technologies ...
Dissertation (MSc (Agric))--University of Pretoria, 2018.The uncertain nature of agricultural produc...
The impacts of climate variability on societies around the world are increasingly evident. Kenya is ...
Smallholder farmers are particularly vulnerable to climate shocks but often lack access to agricultu...
We use a randomised experiment in Kenya to analyse how smallholder farmers respond to receiving a fr...
Farming is an inherently high-risk activity, and farmers’ livelihoods depend on a set of interlinked...
A large proportion of farm households in developing countries face a host of market and production r...
Because of increased incidences of drought due to climate change, it is vital that both men and wome...
This study examines the determinants of smallholder farmers’ adoption of weather-index crop insuranc...
Agricultural production is subject to high risk associated with environmental and agro-ecological co...
The Kenyan economy relies heavily on its agricultural sector. Agriculture contributes 22.4 percent o...
Agricultural productivity in Africa remains low, which is exacerbated by increased incidence of weat...
We use a randomised experiment in Kenya to show that smallholder farmers respond to receiving a free...
In spite of agriculture being an important source of income growth and a potential source of investm...
Too often, smallholder farmers suffer severe financial consequences from extreme weather events, pes...
Initiatives on the sustainable intensification of agriculture have introduced improved technologies ...
Dissertation (MSc (Agric))--University of Pretoria, 2018.The uncertain nature of agricultural produc...
The impacts of climate variability on societies around the world are increasingly evident. Kenya is ...
Smallholder farmers are particularly vulnerable to climate shocks but often lack access to agricultu...
We use a randomised experiment in Kenya to analyse how smallholder farmers respond to receiving a fr...
Farming is an inherently high-risk activity, and farmers’ livelihoods depend on a set of interlinked...
A large proportion of farm households in developing countries face a host of market and production r...
Because of increased incidences of drought due to climate change, it is vital that both men and wome...
This study examines the determinants of smallholder farmers’ adoption of weather-index crop insuranc...
Agricultural production is subject to high risk associated with environmental and agro-ecological co...